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Definition of Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like" or "as," but can also... read full definition
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like... read full definition
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often... read full definition
Part 1: Les Trois Couronnes
Explanation and Analysis—Daisy the Sylph:
While Winterbourne watches Daisy traipse through a garden at night, the narrator compares Daisy, through Winterbourne's consciousness, to a sylph. This simile underlines Daisy's fantastical spirit.
Unlock with LitCharts A+He found her that evening in the garden, wandering about in the warm starlight like an indolent sylph, and swinging to and fro the largest fan he had ever beheld. It was ten o’clock.
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Part 2: Rome
Explanation and Analysis—Stiff as an Umbrella:
Looking back on the first time they met each other, Daisy uses a simile to describe her initial impression of Winterbourne:
Unlock with LitCharts A+I have noticed you. But I noticed you were as stiff as an umbrella the first time I saw you.
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